Tuesday, January 12, 2010

...with host Tanya Kim receiving lots of sloppy kisses from Sparky, who I think is the same AmBull pictured on One Bark At A Time. Mention was made of how one can volunteer at TAS, and that a background check is required.

I hope CTV puts the clip with Sparky and the wee kittens (probably three weeks old) on their website. They'd get hits!

Blog Mottos

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"The old Cherokee replied, "The one you feed."Cherokee proverb

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.Winston Churchill

And I can teach thee, coz, to shame the devil—By telling the truth. Tell truth and shame the devil.Shakespeare - Henry the FourthHuman history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.H. G. Wells, 1920

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation.Herbert SpencerTo repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.Mary Pettibone Poole

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.Maurice Maeterlinck

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.Ernest Benn